There is one thing one learns to appreciate when you are a parent and that is THE “me- time”. That is the time where you are entirely deciding what you want to do without a small saboteur running around and calling you every two seconds. In this moment Ada is at home with Ensar for a power nap. Meanwhile I took a cooling bath and now I am thinking about what stocks I can buy next. For me that is resting time 🙂 Jednu stvar sto naucis cijeniti kao roditelj je vrijeme kad ostanes sam(a). Kad mozes da sam odlucis sta ces bez da jedan mali saboter trckara oko nogu nonstop zivkajuci te. U ovom trenu su Ensar i Ada kod kuce. Ada bi trebala spavati. A ja sam se iskupala, i uz to imam cak vremena razmisljati i planirati koje slijedece dionice da kupim. To je pravi odmor 🙂

On the way to Pag, we managed to arrive to Crikvenica before Ada had her burst out and wanted to get out of the car. So we decided to stay here for the night.
The first thing she said was that she wants to see the sea and then when saw it she immediately jumped into the water to (and we did arrive quite late around 20.30-21.00 h) . She really loves water and has wonderful laugh when she plays. I get overflown by happiness when I watch her being so childishly happy while playing in the water. Na putu prema Pagu uspijeli smo doci do Crikvenice kad je Ada dobila mali ispad energije i nije vise htjela sjediti u autu. Izasli smo i prvo sto je Ada uradila je rekla da hoce da “ode na more” i otisla do vode i pocela se brckati, a prilicno smo kasno dosli (20.30-21h). Preplavi me sreca kad je vidim kako bude djeciji sretna kad se kupa.

Long time ago a couple of girlfriends where discussing what we wanted of the future man. Mostly, it was that he should be tall, well trained, blond, brown, educated and so on. I remember I said that I wanted someone I can argue with. I don’t know why I said it, but I really meant it. I guess I know I am not too simple a person to live with :p Then I met a person that I could argue with. Today it is 7 years since we married. We have had our share of disagreements but also great moments and a wonderful daughter. Who would have thought that long ago when we first met as students:) Nekad davno smo ja i par prijateljica diskutovale kakav treba muskarac da bude. Vecina ih je govorila hoce visokog, istreniranog, plavih ili neke ipak radije hoce smedjih ociiju. Trebao je biti skolovan, zaradjivati i.t.d. Ja se sjecam da sam rekla da hocu nekog s kim se mogu svadjati. Ne znam zasto sam to rekla ali sam to stvarno mislila. Vjerovatno zato sto znam da sam malo “teska” :p

After a month and a half in Sweden, with a short trip in Iceland in between, me and Ada where again on the road…or rather up in the air.
The most important of this trip was that I have said good bye to my grandmother. I hope I will see her again, but in the bad shape she is in I do not believe I will. She is getting worse for each day and it is very depressing to see a her deteriorate. Here is one of the last pictures that I probably have with her.Nakon mjesec i po dana u Svedskoj, sa kratkim putovanjem za Island, ja i Ada smo opet bili na putu
Najvaznije sto sam obavila ovog putovanja je da sam vidjela moju majku i da smo se mogle pozdraviti. Nadam se da cu je opet vidjeti ali tesko. Svakim danom je sve gora i gora. Deprimirajuci je gledati je kako se “raspada”. Ovo je jedna od zadnjh slika sto imam od nje. Last couple of days have been quite hard. Since I was leaving I had to clean the whole apartment. I had to sort out tons of things. I am still tired of that work but I feel quite satisfied having finally done it. I also cannot thank my family enough because they have been there to help me.
Ada suddenly got very calm while I was clearing up some things. I now know why…Zadnjih par dana su bili dosta naporni. Posto idem morala sam citav stan ocistiti. Tako da smo tonu stvari sortirali i ocistili. Jos uvijek sam umorna od toga, ali sam zadovoljna sto smo to uradili. Ne mogu se dovoljno zahvaliti mojoj familiji sto su mi pomogli. Dok sam sredjivala neke stvari Ada se fino umirila…
Here are some pics from the time we spent together with the family. / Par slika od vremena sto smo zajedno proveli.

And finally a pic from our flight to Karlsruhe. We landed in Berlin- Tegel airport. We were flying with a propeller airplane and I thought it was fun that during the flight I couldn´t see them but in the picture they could be seen.
I noticed there was a difference in service between Norwegian air and Air Berlin. I definitely prefer Norwegian, except that me and Ada liked the chocolate heart we got from Air Berlin.Isli smo preko Berlina-Tegel u Karlsruhe. Isli smo sa propeler avionom i zanimljivo mi je bilo da se ne vide u letu, ali kad se uslikaju onda se vide.
Dalje sam primjetila razliku u posluzi izmedju Norwegian Air i Air Berlin. Definitivno su prijatni iz Norwegian, osim sto se na kraju leta dobije ukusno cokoladno srce od Air Berlin.

Waking up to the news om what happened to Nice made me sad. Then It made me surprised and after some thinking it made me more surprised that things like this do not happen more often.

Then in the evening there is a coup in Turkey. Following worlds happenings the last 25 years I do not believe these two incidents are by chance. I haven’t figured out exactly how they are connected, actually haven’t had time to give it a thought, but I am sure somehow they are connected. It is like watching a magician. You look at one scene but the real happening is on another spot.Probudih se uz vijesti iz Nice. Rastuzila me vijest, pa me malo iznenadila, pa kad sam malo bolje razmislila onda me iznenadilo da nije ranije doslo do takvih dogadjaja.

Half the year of 2016has passed and I am still working on the portfolio of our savings. As I already wrote previosly (old post) my goal is to have good dividends, preferrably an amount every month. When the Brexit was voted for there was a minor crash at the stock market where I took the opportunity to buy some stocks. Unfortunately I didn´t have much but I bought a couple of stocks that I have been following for some time. I bought some H&M, Investor, SEB A and Sagax Pref. I have also improved ( 1200 kr) with the dividends for the year comparing to last year (280 kr) which is motivating me a little bit. All the dividends I am reinvesting in new stocks.
My next goal when it comes to stocks is to get 10 000kr dividends per year!U polu vremenu od 2016. se jos uvijek bavim sa svojim porftoliom dionica. Kao sto sam u starom postu vec pisala cilj mi je da imamo dobre dividende. Po mogucnost svakog mjeseca. Kad su Britanci izglasali Brexit doslo je do manjeg histericnog pada na berzi. Tu sam iskoristila mogucnost da kupim neke dionice. Nazalost nisam imala nesto puno novca, ali sam ipak uspijela kupiti nekoliko H&M, Investor, SEB A i Sagax Pref dionica.
Poboljsala sam isto svoje dividende poredeci sa proslom godinom tako da me to isto malo motivise. Isto tako sve dividende reinvestiram u nove dionice.
Slijedeci cilj mi je da dobijem 10 000 kr dividendi godisnje!

In times like this when my grandmother is in very bad shape, I feel very reliefed that I can stay here in the city. Distance is killing when some one close is in such a bad shape that every call you get you expect the worse news. On the other hand it seems to me that I have reduced all my free time to some shallow things to do. Nothing that takes brain energy is done. When I am free in the evening I started to watch THE teenie serial Vampire Diaries. I am completely stuck with it now and would just like to finish it so I can start read or do something constructive.
On the other hand maybe this is exactly what I need in times like this. Maybe it is a system shut down to give the brain some opportunity to think and dream about some eternal life where everyone is young, looking good and happy. In any case it is a weird feelingU vremenima poput ovih kad mi je majka jako lose, jako mi je olaksavajuce psihicki da mogu biti ovdje u gradu. Daljina je (meni) ubitacna kad je neko tako lose i kad svaki poziv koji ocekujes onaj sa najgorim vjestima. Dalje, imam osjecaj da sam u slobodno vrijeme reducirala sve aktivitete koje zahtijevaju imalo mozga. Nista sto mi je psihicki naporno ne radim. Kad sam slobodna pocnem gledati “naj djeciju” seriju Vampire Diaries. Skroz sam se navukla na nju, i jedva cekam da zavrsi da pocnem nesto konstruktivno raditi i citati.
Ali u drugu ruku je mozda upravo to sto mi treba u ovakvim vremenima. Mozda je to neka vrsta iskljucenje sistema i odmor za mozak kad mogu sanjati o nekom vjecnom zivotu gdje su svi mladi, zdravi i lijepi… U svakom slucaju jako cudan osjecaj…

If you are close to the city Skövde I would recommend a visit to Balthazar, a science park for children. It is one of the best I have been to. The concept is fantastic. The main part is science made such to interest children of all ages. There is also a place for taking a “fika” ( coffee, cakes and some simple dishes are served) . I find it interesting for grown ups also. Here are some pics from the times we have been there.